diff --git a/app/core/gimp-utils.c b/app/core/gimp-utils.c
index 9f6d40e0b8..17acc4c574 100644
--- a/app/core/gimp-utils.c
+++ b/app/core/gimp-utils.c
@@ -428,7 +428,11 @@ unescape_gstring (GString *string)
                     {
                       gchar buf[8];
                       char_str (l, buf);
+#ifndef _UCRT
                       strcpy (to, buf);
+#else
+                      strcpy_s (to, 8, buf);
+#endif
                       to += strlen (buf) - 1;
                       from = end;
                     }
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimpdeviceinfo.c b/app/widgets/gimpdeviceinfo.c
index e19c47548f..ba71dfcb99 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimpdeviceinfo.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimpdeviceinfo.c
@@ -795,7 +795,11 @@ gimp_device_info_pad_action_map_foreach (GimpPadActions    *pad_actions,
   label = g_strdup (gimp_action_get_label (action));
   accel_pos = g_utf8_strchr (label, -1, '_');
   if (accel_pos)
+#ifndef _UCRT
     strcpy (accel_pos, accel_pos + 1);
+#else
+    strcpy_s (accel_pos, strlen (accel_pos), accel_pos + 1);
+#endif
 
   gtk_pad_controller_set_action (controller,
                                  /* Action type enums are binary compatible */
diff --git a/libgimpwidgets/gimpsizeentry.c b/libgimpwidgets/gimpsizeentry.c
index 58d21b920b..1fece92e3f 100644
--- a/libgimpwidgets/gimpsizeentry.c
+++ b/libgimpwidgets/gimpsizeentry.c
@@ -399,7 +399,11 @@ gimp_size_entry_new (gint                       number_of_fields,
       gchar *p;
 
       while ((p = strstr (short_format, "%n")))
+#ifndef _UCRT
         strcpy (p, "%a");
+#else
+        strcpy_s (p, strlen (p) + 1, "%a");
+#endif
 
       g_object_set (store,
                     "short-format", short_format,